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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
8
A college instructor grows tired of teaching and buys a New England farm. He inspects the property and stays with Bert Temple who helps him learn carpentry and farming. Hard Cider estimates repairs, Mike begins plowing, and pruning starts as they await the professor’s next move.
The narrator enjoys garden work and home restoration with Hard Cider as helpers. He tests a drag scraper to shape a 260 foot lawn while plotting a sundial lawn and a pergola, then discusses hiring Mrs Pillig and her eleven year old son Peter as housekeepers with plans for a new New York boarder arrival.
The article notes little demand for a raffia palm wax in Madagascar with no large scale production or export. It explains the wax is made from raffia leaf dust boiled to a creamy paste then cooled to a brittle form, and that Majunga started the method but never expanded beyond experimental shipments. Tamatave exporters estimate a viable price would need 3 to 450 francs per kilo.
A narrator rejects Mrs Temple's flirtatious solicitations while noting the house is unfinished and painters have not begun. The scene includes a female boarder and a manuscript read with inattention to Mrs Temple. The tension centers on discomfort, domestic waiting, and social tension within a lodging setting.
The narrator wakes to requests from Mrs Temple while plotting delays in meeting a degraded acquaintance. A garden task and irrigation are interrupted by a heavy scraper train reshaping fields and forcing the pergola and rose beds to shrink. The narrator moves fence stakes and seeks Morrissy with the scraper to push construction forward.
A day passes as a farmer debates his plan to till the soil and entertain a female boarder in Mrs Temple's residence. The esthetic appeal of garden work contrasts with his objection to the arrangement, leaving the issue unresolved.
In a provincial English town an old maid known for fast talk and venomous wit tells a pedlar there is nothing he can sell her. The trader replies, without anger, that he only sells mouse traps not munitions, highlighting a clever reversal.
A humorous exchange between a new minister and Mr. Jones in which the parson urges reflection on joining the silent majority and Jones replies by asking the minister to tell his wife to practice silence on earth.
The report notes price ranges from 0 to 0.307 per pound in Tamatave with Consul James G. Carter documenting the figures.
An official report lists epoch making inventions from the last fifty years with thirty six credited to Americans and fourteen to foreigners. The top items include American Telephone, typewriter, cash register, incandescent lamp, talking machine, electric furnace reduction, electrolytic alkali producer, transparent photograph, motion picture machine, buttonhole sewing machine.
A remark notes Milwaukee considering using church or public school spaces for billiard tables to teach aim and discipline. The idea prompts discussion on unconventional education methods and community use of facilities.
Mrs Anna Eguy of Burlington Wisconsin reports relief from severe side and back pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Tablets and Sanative Wash Two bottles of the wash and the compound restored her health and strength She urges other suffering women to try the remedies and notes free confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
A historical note questions courtroom language noting why judges issue verdicts and determinations. The discussion contrasts formal phrasing with plain speech and considers the public perception of judicial finality.
An advertisement touts Femenina as a remedy for female disorders with bold claims. The ad lists a price of 1.50 and cites The Reason Why as the source. It includes quirky dialogue about cotton investments, framing the product within a sensational sales pitch.
A brief note discusses Balsam of Myrrha as an antiseptic and cautions against using any other remedy before applying it, suggesting prudent treatment steps in medical care.
A reader reports a vague reference to a sizable check received by the Germans noted in an exchange. The remark appears in a casual, humorous tone with a polite cue suggesting recognition of the payment.
A collage of old ads touts Mississippi Diarrhoea Cordial for relief at 50 cents with a 26 cent option and Hanford's Balm of Myrrh for proud flesh. The text mocks a lawyer described as a Jewish legalist who quotes poetry to a jury.
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